Today Janet Nguyen announced receiving the endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) for her campaign for Senate. The HJTA is California’s largest taxpayer protection organization and was instrumental in passing California’s historic property tax law Prop 13. [More here].

Jim Righeimer, Mayor of Costa Mesa jimrigheimer.com Jim is running for re-election and will discuss the latest happenings in Costa Mesa.

Lee Ramos, candidate for Costa Mesa City Council leeramos2014.org Lee is a proven leader with a clear vision for Costa Mesa. His experience and character will help him bring consensus with rational policy decisions to the Costa Mesa City Council.

Scott Peotter, candidate for Newport Beach City Council peotter.com Scott is President at ASLAN COMPANIES, Inc. and Field Representative for CA Assemblyman Allan Mansoor. Scott will discuss how his extensive experience in land use and business will help Newport Beach.

Long Pham, a Republican candidate for the 34th State Senate district is hosting a campaign office Grand Opening and Precinct Walk on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at 10:00 am at 9191 Bolsa Avenue, Ste. 209, in Westminster.

Coffee and refreshments will be served. For more information about Long Pham’s campaign for the 34th State Senate District please click here or call 949.500.9887 or 714.727.5805.

Winning election to Orange County School Board in 2008 was not Long Pham’s first major electoral victory. The nationally renowned nuclear engineer and self-made Republican businessman was elected in 2000 by over 125,000 engineers nationally to serve as Vice President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Continue reading→

Financial advisers, even the bad ones, will warn investors that “past performance is no guarantee of future results” — that might apply to stocks, but it always works in partisan politics.

In 2011, one of the most entertaining races in Orange County was the 72nd Assembly District which saw Los Alamitos Councilman and recently failed Clerk-Recorder candidate Troy Edgar running against Travis Allen, an underfunded but charismatic political newcomer. Allen had never run for office (he owned a small wealth management firm), but he had two big advantages over Edgar — he wasn’t a lying hypocrite and he didn’t have a parasite for a campaign manager. Allen ended up winning in an 11-point landslide, costing Edgar about one-half million dollars in his failed effort. Numerous posts here exposed Edgar for his phoniness in raising taxes in his own city and canoodling with its trash hauler while he portrayed himself as a “tax fighter” — in fact, the OC GOP even awarded him for being a schnook.

Scott Lay, over at the Nooner, a California Political Newsletter, is reporting that Democrat Matt Dababneh pulled out a win in the recent Assembly District 45 Race – where he barely edged out Republican Susan Shelley, by a margin of 329 votes. That was a great showing by Shelley, in what is a solidly blue district.